Fundamentals of Soil PhysicsElsevier Science, 1980 M07 28 - 413 pages This book is not, in any case, in total defiance of the Wise Old Man's admonition, for it is not an entirely new book. Rather, it is an outgrowth of a previous treatise, written a decade ago, entitled "Soil and Water: Physical Principles and Processes." Though that book was well enough received at the time, the passage of the years has inevitably made it necessary to either revise and update the same book, or to supplant it with a fresh approach in the form of a new book which might incorporate still-pertient aspects of its predecessor without necessarily being limited to the older book's format or point of view. |
Contents
The Task of Soil Physics | 3 |
Properties of Water in Relation to Porous Media | 21 |
Texture Particle Size Distribution and Specific Surface | 55 |
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Fundamentals of Soil Physics Daniel Hillel,Professor of Plant and Soil Science Daniel Hillel No preview available - 1980 |
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